OSHA Inspection: C & J WELDING, INC.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $978 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms or service rooms were not kept clean and orderly or in a sanitary condition:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop, steel scrap material pieces left over from previous jobs, electrical cords, and metal shavings had been allowed to accumulate on the bay floors where fabricating work is conducted.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

May 12, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $978 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.157(g)(1): An educational program was not provided for all employees to familiarize them with the general principles of fire extinguisher use and the hazards involved with incipient stage fire fighting:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop, employees expected to use employer provided portable fire extinguishers located in the shop areas had not been trained.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

May 22, 2017

Penalty

Initial $2,173 · Current $1,304 Reduced

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29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i): The employer did not ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l):    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop, forklift operators had not been trained.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(a)(4): Grinding machinery was not used with work rest(s) to support offhand grinding work:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabricating Shop, a Baldor Table-Mounted Grinder, Model 712RE, located on the west side of the building was missing work rests on both the left and right sides.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.215(b)(9): Guard for abrasive wheel machine where the operator stands in front of the machine was not constructed so that the peripheral protecting member could be adjusted to the constantly decreasing diameter of the wheel:  (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop, a Baldor Table-Mounted Grinder, Model 712RE, and an unknown manufacturers bench grinder both, were missing the peripheral safety guard designed to be adjusted to the constant decreasing diameter of the wheel(s).

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $978 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(a)(3): Apparatus such as torches, regulators or pressure-reducing valves, acetylene generators, and manifolds used in an oxygen-fuel gas system had not been approved:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop, the oxygen/gas fueled pressure regulators on multiple portable Millermatic gas and oxygen wire welding machines were broken.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $978 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.253(b)(2)(iv): Valve protection caps, where cylinders were designed to accept caps, were not always in place, hand-tight, except when cylinders were in use or connected for use:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop (East Side), a single oxygen cylinder in the storage area and a single nonflammable gas cylinder standing in the middle of the shop floor were not protected by valve protection caps.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $1,630 · Current $978 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Sufficient access and working space was not provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop (East Side), access was cluttered and clearance to a 220v disconnect panel mounted on the back wall did not allow for a 36-inch path to the electrical disconnect panel.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $3,259 · Current $1,955 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1): Openings through which conductors enter boxes, cabinets, or fittings were not effectively closed:    (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop (East Side), two flexible 220v cord receptacles powering 220v Millermatic Wire Welding machines were missing multiple knockouts with one of them having damage to the receptacle cover.

Issued

Apr 18, 2017

Abate by

Apr 28, 2017

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.305(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords and cables were not connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief was provided that would prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws:  (a) On or about 12/22/2016 - Fabrication Shop, a flexible extension cord plugged into a Miller Wire Welding system had the cable and sheath pulled apart.